Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them.
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The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Freedom in a posture is when every joint is active.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
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One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years.
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Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.
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The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Where there is yoga,
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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.